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All those facts have puzzled me considerably, and the best 

 and most satisfactory solution seems to be the following assumption: 

 — There is a very extensive species wliich by reason of the lav? 

 of priority ought to be called H. luhrica Ludwig. This has 

 produced or is in the process of producing local varieties with 

 many intermediate forms. As belonging to the species indicated 

 I consider the following varieties : — 



(1) var. nioehii (Ludwig) 

 Litemture given alxjve. 



Localiiji : — Hongkong (LumviG '83) ; Manritins (Theel '86). 



(2) var. glabcrvima (Selenka). 



HdotMna glahermim Selenka 1867, p. 328, Taf. XVIII., Figg. 57, 58.— 



Semper 1867— 'G8, pp. 92, 279.— Lampert 1885,p. 90.— Theel 1886o, 

 p. 205.— Sluiter 1895, p. 78.— Lampert 1896, pp. 56— 59.— Ludwig 1898/>, 

 p. 43i— Clark 1901i, p. 258. 



Localitii : — Hayti (Selenka '67) ; Bahama (Selenka '67) ; Panama (Se- 

 lenka '67) ; Port Eico (Clark : 01) ; Sm-iuara (Semper '67 — '68) ; Savanilla, 

 St. Tliomas (Lampert '85) ; Caracjxs (Lampert '85) ; Nord See (Sluiter '95). 



It is ackuowledged by all that H. er'uiaceus Semper with its variety 

 pytjmcea is identical with H. (jlaherrima. I append lieie its literatm'e and 

 distribution : — 



Holothuria erinaceus Semper 1867— '68, pp. 91, 250, 279, Taf. XXX., 

 Fig. 24, Taf. XXXIV., Fig. 9, Taf. XXXV., Fig. 14, Taf. XXXVI., 

 Fig. 11, Taf. XXXVin., Figg. 1, 2. Lampert 1885, pp. 90—91.— 

 Theel 1886f', p. 206.— Sluiter 1887, pi. 186.— Sluher 1895, p. 78.— 

 liAMPERT 1896, pp. 56— 59.— Ludwig 1898fl, p. 434. 



HdotJiuria erinaceus var. py<jmcea Semper 1867 — '68, pp. 91 — 92, Taf. 

 XXX., Figg. 23— 24.— Lampert 1885, pp. 90— 91.— Theel 1886«, p. 206. 



Locality : — Bohol (Semper '67 — 8) ; Viti (Semper '67 — 8) ; Albav, Luzon 

 (Semper '67—8) ; Port Mackay, N. E. Australia (Semper '67—8) ; Fiji (Theel 

 '86); Simda Sh-ait (Sluiter '87); Amtoiua (Sluiter '95); Cocos I. (Sluiter '95). 



